life in a capitalist nation.. hm, how about life in a Gulag-producing/maintaining/ever-upgrading nation? i think this lame opposition between the petty interests and daily miseries of a clerk in the ruined, heartless world of capitalism vs. the "great, selfless ideals of communism" has been overrated since the days of Maiakovsky. Did Niemeyer ever execute a project for free?His populist remarks on freedom and overall